I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If you think about someone you've loved and lost, you are already with them. The rest is just details.”
Source: Leaving Time
“If you think about something else hard enough, you can mostly control your feelings.”
Source: Frannie in Pieces
“If you think about something for long enough,' she explained, `more than likely, that thing will happen.' She tapped her head. `It's all in the mind.”
Source: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.”
“If you think about the contexts in which we talk about things being fun, often there's a certain kind of misery or effort that's involved with it. The difficulty of travel, getting all your bags packed and your work done and navigating the airports and all that. That sort of struggle.”
“If you think about the energy that a rocket engine has to put out and all the fuel and you're sitting on top of like a bomb. And on the Space Shuttle, that big orange tank is filled with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, the white cell rocket boosters on the sides are filled with solid propellant. There's a lot of energy in all those chemicals there and you've got to control it in a way so it doesn't explode. So, there's a lot of plumbing, a lot of valving, a lot of control systems, and it's a very complicated thing. So, how do you bring the price of that down?”
“If you think about the impact of climate change, [it should be how] a doctor would deal with the problem. A scientific hypothesis is tested to absolute destruction, but medicine can't wait. If a doctor sees a child with a fever, he can't wait for [endless] tests. He has to act on what is there. The risk of delay is so enormous that we can't wait until we are absolutely sure the patient is dying.”
“If you think about the last 50 years, Africa's proximity and historical context has absolutely been with Europe and the United States, but their approach in dealing with the economic challenges that Africa faces in particular has been one of handing out aid, not developing economies, not building a long term relationship around agriculture and so on.”
“If you think about the long term then you can really make good life decisions that you won’t regret later.”
“If you think about the times in life when you've been the most deeply fulfilled, they're the times that you've felt love. Whether it's watching a sunset, spending time with a pet or being with a partner with whom you feel an intensely deep connection.”
“If you think about the unthinkable long enough it becomes quite reasonable.”
“If you think about TV series, we make 16 one-hour movies a season. You don't get any opportunity like that in movies. I mean, I can't say I'll be able to do 16 movies in the next year, and so that's how I see it.”
“If you think about what acting is supposed to be, my job is to disappear.”
“If you think about your and my grandchildren, this is what really worries me. I don't want them - if I'm still alive by then - to say, 'Why didn't you do something about it?', when you could have done.”
“If you think about yourself then you've lost sight of the ball.”
“If you think about YouTube, YouTube is a 'searching the world's videos' problem, right? They all have to be there, but how do you find them? What I guess I'm trying to say is that search is still the killer app.”
“If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history.”
“If you think advantage lies in resources, then you think the best educational system is the one that spends the most money.”
“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.”
“If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That's flexibility.”
“If you think ahead to what to say next - like how to fix it or make the person feel better - BOOM! Off the board. You're into the future. Empathy requires staying with the energy that's here right now. Not using any technique. Just being present. When I have really connected to this energy, it's like I wasn't there. I call this "watching the magic show". In this presence, a very precious energy works through us that can heal anything, and this relieves me from my "fix-it" tendencies.”
“If you think all men are created equal, you haven't seen Bo Diddley in the shower.”
“If you think all the time every day of your life, you might as well kill yourself today and be happier tomorrow.”
Source: D.V.
“If you think all these terrible things about Obama, he asked the woman, how can you possibly be undecided?
Because if McCain dies, Palin would be president, she said.”
Source: Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
“If you think all this is going on, all these gigantic fields of gravity and light with you in mind, then you really do have a self-centredness problem.”
“If you think along the lines of Nature then you think properly." from the video "Carl Jung speaks about death”
“If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”
Source: I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence
“If you think and feel what you're supposed to think and feel, hard enough, it'll come out through your eyes - and the camera will see it.”
“If you think and treat me as your enemy, you shall die without my knowledge; hope, I shall not wish you many more happy returns of this day”
“If you think anyone goes out and commits crimes because of some daffy film they've seen, then I question your judgment.”
“If you think anyone is sane you just don't know enough about them.”
Source: The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
“If you think anyone is sane you just don’t know enough about them. The key — and this is very relevant in our case — is to find someone whose insanity dovetails with your own.”
“If you think art is a competitive forum, then you're going to stop doing it if you're not good. But if it's not competitive, it's something that you'll keep doing.”
“If you think atomic explosions in Asia wouldn't affect Americans, consider this. A study published in Scientific American in 2010 looked at the probable impact of a "small" nuclear war, one in which India and Pakistan each dropped fifty atomic bombs. The scientists concluded that the explosions would ignite massive firestorms, sending enormous amounts of dust and smoke into the atmosphere. This would block some of the sun's light from reaching the earth, making the planet colder and darker - for about ten years. Farming would collapse, and people all over the globe would starve to death. And that's if only half of one percent of all the atomic bombs on earth were used.
In the end, this is a difficult story to sum up. The making of the atomic bomb is one of history's most amazing examples of teamwork and genius and poise under pressure. But it's also the story of how humans created a weapon capable of wiping our species off the planet. It's a story with no end in sight.
And, like it or not, you're in it.”
Source: Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
“If you think back , the Academy was doing a better job. Think about how many more African Americans were nominated.We need to get better at this. We used to be better at it.”
“If you think back over your experiences, the chances are that you will find the finest moments in your life were those when you completely forgot yourself.”
Source: That Certain Something; the Magic of Charm
“If you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, it's always expensive.”
“If you think back to the first sporting event you went to, you don't remember the score, you don't remember a home run, you don't remember a dunk. You remember who you were with. Were you with your mom, your dad, your brother, on a date?”
“If you think back to the moments when you've gone through the most pain in your life, or the most severe anxiety, your body is very much involved in that. Your body is expressing those emotions. So, when we, as actors, try to access those feelings, the body is a great tool to use.”
“If you think back to your first love, you always remember them and little things always remind you of them.”
“If you think backwards from a big problem, and you talk to all these other people who have skills and who think forward from their skills, it's very easy to form collaborations because everyone is incentivized to work together.”
“If you think Barkley was mad before the fight, wait until he sees how many people are taking part of his purse”
“If you think before you speak the other guy gets his joke in first.”
“If you think being straight means you're being discriminated against, you're probably misreading your privilege.”
“If you think big, then it's going to be big.”
“If you think black people have a motivation problem, open up a Wal-Mart and advertise a thousand jobs. Watch 5,000 people show up.”
“If you think buying a DSLR has made you a photographer, don't ever buy a Stethoscope.”
“If you think cat food is for cats, how come it doesn't come in mouse flavor?”
“If you think childlike, you'll stay young. If you keep your energy going, and do everything with a little flair, you're gunna stay young. But most people do things without energy, and they atrophy their mind as well as their body. You have to think young, you have to laugh a lot, and you have to have good feelings for everyone in the world, because if you don't, it's going to come inside, your own poison, and it's over.”
“If you think communication is all talking, you haven't been listening.”